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Our probability distribution is:<br />

0 1 2<br />

( ) 1/10 6/10 3/10<br />

We can see that the probabilities sum to 1, which helps to imply that we have accounted <strong>for</strong> all<br />

possibilities.<br />

The number of <strong>in</strong>dividuals expected to take a cloth<strong>in</strong>g store route is an expected value of this<br />

distribution,<br />

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Thus, it can be expected that, on average, at least one person from the couple will walk along a<br />

route that conta<strong>in</strong>s a cloth<strong>in</strong>g store.<br />

One additional way to represent a probability distribution is by us<strong>in</strong>g a probability histogram.<br />

A histogram looks similar to a bar graph, except that it has a numerical horizontal axis and<br />

measures the probability along the vertical axis. Additionally, the bars touch <strong>in</strong> order to show<br />

cont<strong>in</strong>uity, where applicable. For the above situation, we would expect to see:<br />

<strong>Statistics</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Decision</strong>-<strong>Mak<strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>in</strong> Bus<strong>in</strong>ess © Milos Podmanik Page 142

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